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Basic Opinion/What You Answered in the Poll: Love.
Why You Hold That Opinion: [SPOILER WARNING] It's really weird for me to say this, because Honda used to be my absolute least favorite character. Granted, this was a very long time ago, back when I had only seen perhaps five or so episodes of the dub, and I didn't even know his name yet. I just called him Plaster Head. XD;; After I got a bit more into the series and learned more about the characters, I decided I disliked Anzu more, and Honda kind of gradually moved up to neutral, as he never really did anything that stood out to me, so I realized I didn't particularly have any reasons to either like nor dislike him.
However, the more I watched the series, the more he grew on me. Fanfiction also contributed a lot to this, as my main shipping was always Kaiba/Jounouchi. Because of this, Honda would often be the protective friend of Jounouchi who would stand up to Kaiba and make sure nothing bad happened to his friend. I loved that loyal attitude that people portrayed Honda with in fanfictions, and because I loved it so much, I started paying more attention to him in the series. I realized he had that same strong, caring, protective demeanor in the series, especially to Jounouchi, and I really admired that.
I tend to like characters who act in the background as 'steady supports.' Honda's not just there to cheer his friends on, but to balance them and defend them. He doesn't get involved too much in the main plot, nor with very many other characters (he seems to only even develop relationships that stand out as more than friendship with Jounouchi, Otogi, and Shizuka), and often times he's just standing there in the background. However, once Jounouchi's doing something stupid, or Otogi's in trouble, or Shizuka's crying, or whatever, he's there to ground them back to earth. If something so traumatic were to ever happen to one of his close friends that was driving them insane, I could see Honda being that character that stays by their side and keeps them from completely losing themselves. Maybe not the character to bring them back completely into sanity, but he would keep them from going the opposite way until someone else could do that job.
Honda's just always there, loyal, will do anything for those few he really opens his heart to, and yet is hilarious and goofy, like Jounouchi, while at the same time, never letting himself get overtaken by emotion. The two will have silly little moments and escapades, but when Jounouchi gets over the top or overly-emotional, Honda's always there to keep him steady, or to remind him to be serious when it's needed. I guess overall Honda is just a very balanced person who is good at controlling his own feelings, yet isn't afraid to let them loose when it's necessary. And if I were to ever be friends with the characters in the show, I could see myself getting along with Honda better than any other character, even my favorite Jounouchi.
On a final note, I also think Honda is quite attractive, and am sad more people don't think so. I feel like he doesn't get drawn in fanart a lot or noticed as much as the other male characters because he's not 'pretty.' And yes, his hair is pretty much plaster, and ugly as hell, but the rest of him is just... he's taller than most of the characters, a bit tanner and more muscular, he has a nice, angular face, and the most gorgeous eyes. Just because he's not bishounen doesn't mean he isn't attractive in a more manly way. XD Or at least for me. I just wish people didn't use his hair or his background character status as a reason to ignore him or make fun of him so often.
Favorite Characters to Pair With: Jounouchi Katsuya, Otogi Ryuuji, Kaiba Seto, Mazaki Anzu, Kawai Shizuka, Bakura Ryou.
Rating of Favoriteness: Fourth favorite.

You know, I think it's Honda's hair... the abnormal way it grows slowly but surely causes Honda to grow on everyone over time... he's like that character that you hate at first, but then slowly decide you don't. As his hair grows, so does your affection for him. XD
Otogi and Honda are just the best together. They bring so much humor... "Aw, how sweet, Duke and Tristan got their own little hole." XD
Yes, if hair wasn't so significant in anime... and I mean, if you made his hair more realistic, making it actually physically possible, it would probably look like a pretty normal hairstyle. Just spiked brown hair, maybe standing out a little bit by having more at the top middle than on the sides. Silly anime hairstyles.
And JK? You need to send me these epic pictures.

Yes... that's what it was. There was just nothing to him at first. I think reading the manga and his relationship with Jounouchi in it was what first made me start liking him, seeing some of that deeper character in him that the anime doesn't portray as often. Though I never disliked Brock, probably because I started watching Pokemon after he had already become an established characters. XD He's always been my favorite Pokemon character.
But no worries about the pairing choice; Otogi's pretty down on my list, but Chaseshipping is still one of my favorites too.
Hahaha, Honda and his failhawk, I love it.
Yay for pretty art to hated pairings! *admittedly likes quite a bit of Prideshipping art*

Yes, I was not happy with how Kaiba was portrayed in the early manga, but other than that I loved it. Brock was just kind of the character I was automatically drawn to, and that never changed, though I used to hate Gary, even though now he's one of my favorites. I never cared for Misty, but she's managed to grow on me to a mild liking status. Jessie and James I've always loved, and Ash I've always hated.
Yay!
I despise Prideshipping. XD

Haha, yeah, there's an achievement for posting in a thread where everyone's nude, but it wasn't working for me for some reason, which is why I stayed nude so long. Eventually gave up today. XD
Yes, even when you did get the tragic past, though it helped him seem a little deeper and more meaningful, he still needed to show that in the way he actually acted as a character.
Brock's always seemed like that character to me that has so much to him, but just always remains quiet and in the shadows, instead putting others before him, and I love that. Like when there would be episodes dedicated to him, he'd be center stage for once, and you'd see so much more of him, and I'd love that. But then he'd always go back to just support all the younger characters afterward, kind of just being the follower character. As for Misty, she had already grown on me a bit by the time she left, but her suddenly not being there really did help my opinion on her as well. I've never liked any of the new main characters; Tracy was probably the closest one to me liking, but it was more like because I liked to make fun of him.

Haha, I'm quite enjoying achievements, though some of them piss me off, like the one for going to a Gaia event at a convention. That's just not something I can easily do, and it bothers me more because I did manage to go to the first ever Gaia event in Arizona... a few months before achievements started. How long do you think it will be until they have another even here? Forever. But I like little completionist goodies like achievements overall.
I don't need shadow characters to be mysterious to intrigue me. XD I like most of the second generation of Pokemon, but third and further I hardly like any of them. New characters just suck though.
I actually found some Japanese Pokemon online that I'd been watching for a while. I got to like episode 13, because that video wouldn't work. I should try it again soon and see if I can continue. What, why would they change their uniform color? That's retarded. They're supposed to have white uniforms because they fail; it's like the demoted uniform. XP

Oh, that does suck, with the birthday one. But at least you're guaranteed to get that one eventually; I may never get the convention one, and that drives me crazy. Though a lot of them do encourage spam; thankfully they made an achievements forum that contains it all.
Well, found a picture: http://www.pokemonaus.com/?p=1438
Though I do prefer the black uniform in general, I personally think those two look awful in it, especially with the more pastel-colored hair they have now. I miss Jessie's firey red hair. ;_; And Giovanni looks like a Nazi leader. But yes, old episodes top/